colimba

Spanish

Etymology

From a vesre form of milico, reformed as an acronym (or possibly backronym) for COrre, LIMpia, BArre (run, clean, sweep).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlimba/ [koˈlĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: co‧lim‧ba

Noun

colimba f (plural colimbas)

1. (vesre, Argentina) military conscription

Further reading

• “colimba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014